Motions

Grand Final

  • TH, as a working mother of multiple children in an Asian country, would prioritize their resources for their most talented children as opposed to distributing resources equally
  • U16 Finals

  • THBT the scientist should not publish the information.
  • U16 Semifinals

  • THBT environmental activists should focus on the culpability of large corporations, rather than emphasize the role of personal responsibility (e.g using less water, recycling household, waste)
  • Semifinals

  • THR the ruling of the WTO appellate to uphold the use of Article XXI in the GATT
  • Quarterfinals

  • THR NYU's decision to fire the professor
  • U16 Quarterfinals

  • THW hold religious leaders criminally liable when identifiable believers are harmed by adhering to doctrinal teaching (I.e. gay individuals who opt into conversion therapy, Jehovah's witnesses not being able to take blood transfusions, etc.)
  • Pre-Quarterfinals

  • THW make budgetary aid to democracies contingent on strict term limits for executive office
  • Round 4

  • THP a world where stories of failure are celebrated as much as stories of success
  • Round 3

  • Assuming the technology exists, THW erase the criminal past of ex-convicts who have been deemed fully rehabilitated by the technology
  • Round 2

  • THR the dominance of queer representation in media revolving around the concept of 'coming out'
  • Round 1

  • TH, as a student applying to Ivy League universities, would opt into an already established and successful social non-profit organization instead of making a new one